How is everyone doing?! I am still trying to get used to his Saturday PDay thing, so it is quite odd being on the computer so much and now taking time to write you guys! I do apologize for the shortness of my last letter, sometimes it gets pretty crazy in here! But I am glad to see that everyone has been doing really good for the last two weeks! Looks like Megan has been getting her dance on! That sounds super fun! The studies all sound good and Mike is still safe so I am super glad to see the blessing of the Lord with everyone.
I am still somewhat surprised to be here in the office, as many know it is kind of an old school way of running things with office Elders. Normally they have older couples work in mission offices. So like I wrote last week I am in charge of all the Records so I make memberships which is super big! Also keeping up with the Mission Stats has been really neat. I am starting to become an Excel whiz with graphs formulas and forming ways to present stats and info. And lastly I am in charge of housing for the mission and their contents. Those three duties keep me BUSY. And also to be the companion of the Secretary makes me go on a lot of errands! I have already found the hard part of being in the office is trying to get out in time to teach people! Some days in the office are longer than others but we are always trying to get out of here by 5PM which is hard for me because I don't like leaving things unfinished! So I am still trying to find the best way to balance my time. But I am on the phone and the computer all the time! So the office life is going good and different. Almost polar opposite of San Pedro. As always the ups and downs.
Well my trainer/companion is named Elder H from Utah and he is a big goofball. He has been in this office way too long! But we are getting along good! Our area and our ward is called Campo Grande. It is a well functioning ward but we have a lot of less actives! Right now we don't have any progressing investigators, but we have a man that Elder H helped activate last change who is going to do baptisms in the temple next week and President McM gave us permission to go with him! So that will be a good time! Also Elder H is teaching me how to drive stick so I can drive the mission car, which kind of scares me because well city traffic is scary! Yesterday I had to get my blood drawn(yes I screamed)to find out what blood type I am and I got an A+ on the blood test haha for the drivers license! My teacher will be Elder H but President McM told me today that I have to pass the Drivers Exam with him before I can go conquer traffic!
I feel like there was so much to say but I am forgetting! But I am super blessed to be here in the office and to have this chance, there aren't many missionaries who get to see the bigger picture that I am seeing and I really do thank my Heavenly Father for giving me this chance to learn and to grow. So I am going to take advantage of this time and absorb as much as I can of this chance. But thank you for reading and writing and I will be writing more next week! I love you!
Love Always,
Elder Milton
Elder Milton
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